Beating The Bounds At St Clements Danes Aka - After 24 Years (1922)

London. Full titles read: “After 24 Years - The ceremony of Beating the Bounds of the Parish of St. Clements Danes - the origin of which is lost in antiquity - revived. M/S of people preparing for the ancient ceremony. Children in cap and gowns, walk in procession holding up the strange thin sticks used in the ceremony. They are followed by various dignitaries. M/S's of the children climbing up a ladder leaning against the wall of the church and hitting it with the stick. M/S of the children standing circle around hole in the ground they all poke their sticks in and wiggle them around frantically! L/S of boats on the River Thames the children are accompanied by adults, however more stick waggling takes place in the water. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also repre